By Jim Brown, Senior Solutions Engineer, Genasys, Inc.
Cyber Attacks remain one of the most damaging threats to organizations – especially those operating in highly regulated environments that are utilized for Emergency Notification and Collaboration. These attacks can easily cost organizations millions of dollars in recovery efforts and erode trust in the systems and technology that are proven to save lives.
To stay resilient, Genasys has adopted a multi-layered defense strategy that aligns with leading global security and compliance frameworks including ISO 27001, ISO 27002, ISO 22320, NIST SP 500-299, SOC 2/SOC 3, OWASP ASVS, and privacy commitments outlined in the EU-US Privacy Shield framework.
Genasys’ practical, cloud-native strategies prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from cyberware attacks. With Genasys, you gain actions across governance, identity and access management, network security, data protection, incident response, and business continuity. Genasys applies these controls together – supported by AWS GovCloud’s secure architecture – thereby reducing the risk and impact of cyber-attacks, maintaining operational readiness while keeping sensitive customer data safe.
Mitigating Cyber-Attacks: A Compliance-Grounded Approach
Cyberware attacks have evolved into a major operational risk for public-sector organizations and corporate enterprises running sensitive workloads. With attackers targeting cloud environments with increasing precision, Genasys has adopted robust, compliance-oriented security practices that align with strict internationally recognized security standards.
Below, we break down Genasys’ implementation of the most effective security strategies for cyber-attack resilience through the lens of leading compliance frameworks.
Genasys Starts with Strong Governance (ISO/IEC 27001 + NIST SP 500-299)
A resilient security program begins with governance. Under ISO 27001, Genasys maintains an Information Security Management System (ISMS) that includes risk assessment, clear leadership structure, and continuous monitoring. When applied in the Genasys AWS GovCloud environment, this governance foundation ensures cyber-attack defenses are not just technical, but strategic.
Key Foundational Actions:
- Formal cyber-threat risk assessments
- Robust policies for patching, identity access, encryption, backups, and incident response
- Enforced Cloud Governance with Organizational and Service Control Policies (SCPs)
- Integrated controls from SOC 2/SOC 3, PCI-DSS, OWASP ASVS, and ISO 27001
A Hardened Cloud Environment Against Attack
Cyberware Attacks often start with compromised credentials. At Genasys, we enforce:
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) across all privileged accounts
- Role-based access with zero standing privileges
- Automated key rotation
- Logging of all access events
These steps satisfy ISO 27001’s identity controls and align with SOC 2 authentication requirements.
Network Controls Limit Lateral Movement
In addition, Genasys utilizes advanced segmentation tools:
- All Virtual Systems are deployed in isolated environments, including container services to logically segregate customer data where each customer has complete control of the data, password policies, logging and identity management.
- Network Access Controls and security groups are utilized to contain workloads.
- Web Application Firewalls and Advanced Shielding are employed for application-layer filtering.
This aligns with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 network protection standards.
Application Security (OWASP ASVS)
Secure coding practices help prevent initial compromise:
- Threat modeling
- Automated static and dynamic code scanning
- Input validation and sanitization
- Strong, encrypted session handling
Genasys Protects Your Data With Immutability and Encryption
The main goal of a ransomware attack is to encrypt or destroy your data. That makes strong data protection essential. Genasys complies with ISO 27001, ISO 27001 encryption requirements, and SOC Level 2 security principles.
Our Best Practices:
- Genasys implements redundant backup strategies using various robust, state-of-the art tools.
- All data is encrypted using Key Management Services (KMS) with least-privilege access to keys where access is fully monitored and audited.
- Internationally recognized, strong (AES-256) encryption of all customer data, both at-rest and in-transit.
These steps ensure our backups remain safe even in the unlikely event that attackers gain significant access.
Early Detection with Intelligent Monitoring
Genasys employs a vast array of security tools for intrusion detection, because the earlier a cyber-attack is detected, the easier it is to contain and mitigate.
Detection Tools
- Built-in Tools to flag malware, credential misuse, and suspicious API activity.
- A Security Hub that maps findings against frameworks like CIS, and ISO.
- Anomaly detection: catches abnormal spikes in file writes or network flow.
Integrate Threat Intelligence
Feeds Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) from trusted sources such as CISA and MS-ISAC into Genasys monitoring systems to flag suspicious and known cyber-attack behaviors. In addition, Genasys monitors multiple sources and libraries for security updates, such as RedHat, CVE Records & Databases, NIST, Exploit-DB and INCIBE.
Disaster Recovery for Emergency Management through ISO 22320 Incident Response
While ISO 27001 covers incident management broadly, ISO 22320 builds on emergency management principles – perfect for Cyber-attack detection and mitigation scenarios.
Genasys employs a structured Cyber-Attack response policy:
- Robust Detection & Alert triggers
- Analysis scope & classification severity
- Containment of infected systems or credentials
- Eradication of malware and persistence
- Recovery from immutable backups
- Post-incident review and update controls
Ensure Rapid Recovery & Continuity
Disaster Recovery (DR) Essentials – At Genasys:
- Disaster Recovery procedures are tested in alignment with security protection frameworks.
- We use regional Availability Zone failover designs that include redundant power, networking, and connectivity, housed in physically separated, secure facilities.
- We verify systems via hash checks, logs, and integrity scans.
These procedures align with ISO 27001’s Annex A.17 and NIST’s cloud resilience guidelines.
Final Thoughts
Cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated, but so are the defensive mechanisms employed by Genasys. By aligning our technical and organizational controls with standards like ISO 27001, ISO 22320, ISO 27001, SOC 2/SOC 3, OWASP ASVS, and NIST SP 500-299, Genasys has built a security posture that is not only compliant—but resilient against real-world cyber threats.
At Genasys, our implementation of these robust, layered security practices ensures your organization can continue to operate effectively and maintain the public trust by providing critical zone-based information to your employees and the public with precision, speed and accuracy when seconds matter during a crisis event.
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